Across
- 3. information about long ago based on similarities in a collection of fossils from the same geographical area
- 5. an organism that consumes or eats other organisms for food
- 6. an organism that gets energy by feeding on dead materials and waste
- 10. having too many organisms in a particular area, straining available resources and impacting the environment
- 12. a living thing that can function on its own (plants, animals, bacteria)
- 15. populations that live in the same place at the same time
- 16. the movement of matter between the Earth, atmosphere, and living things
- 17. an organism that eats mostly meat
- 19. a process by which producers (plants) use the energy in sunlight to create their own food
- 20. to rely or depend on someone or something else
Down
- 1. the place where an organism lives; habitats supply the organism with food, shelter, moisture, and temperature for survival
- 2. a representation of several overlapping food chains in an ecosystem; includes the flow of energy from the Sun through producers to consumers and decomposers through multiple pathways
- 4. an organism that makes its own food (ex. plants)
- 7. all the same kind of organisms living in a particular country, area, or place
- 8. living factors in the environment
- 9. the impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in rock
- 11. non-living elements of the environment that influence the way organisms and ecosystems function
- 13. a community of interacting living organisms and the physical environment they live in
- 14. The movement of energy or living things within an ecosystem
- 18. a representation of the flow of energy from the Sun through producers to consumers and decomposers in an ecosystem